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New York-based home stager, Cheryl Eisen, shares her best secrets for creating stylish interiors. After years of designing spaces for high-end real estate companies, she's spilling the beans on how you can spruce up your home decor without draining your wallet.

-by Frances Bailey

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From a unique take on egg-dyeing to wreath-making, we've found easy crafts to help you celebrate Easter.

-by Angela Kwan

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Kale RecipesWhether you're a longtime kale lover or a recent convert, try these recipes that taste good (and are good for you!).

Sausage and Mushroom Penne
Lighten up this hearty Italian pasta dish with generous helpings of kale and mushroom. Kick things up a notch with a spicy sausage. Get the recipe.

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Kale Salad with Glazed Onions and Cheddar
This zesty, colorful kale salad, complete with pearl onions and extra-sharp cheddar cheese, is sure to please any crowd. Serve it as a side dish at a family gathering or add chicken and make it a well-rounded meal. Get the recipe.

Roast Cod with Bacon, Potatoes, and Kale
Call on frozen kale, creamy potatoes, and bacon to spice up your cod dinner. Your family can get their fix of lean protein and leafy green veggies in just 35 minutes. Get the recipe.

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Kale Salad
Is your family sick of eating the same, boring iceberg lettuce salad every night?

Place SettingDid Cupid bring you a diamond for St. Valentine's Day? Or perhaps you found your engagement ring under the tree? I ask, because late winter seems to be wedding registry season, the time of year when I'm inundated with inquiries about what to put on the list. I find that even older, self-confident gals and guys are flummoxed when it comes to the bridal registry. My first advice is to stick with the traditional and must-have items like dinnerware, flatware, and drinking glasses. For help in this arena I posed many of the questions I'm most frequently asked to tabletop expert Donna Ferrari. Here's her very smart advice.

Q: How many place settings should I register for? Should I list a different number for my everyday china than for my formal china?

A: If you know starting out that you won't be hosting lots of large fancy dinner parties, six place settings of formal china, which for the record has a gold or platinum band, is a good number to get you started. It'll give you enough

Oven-steamed halibut"Eat less meat." That was one of my resolutions for 2013, and so far, I've kept it. (Yes, that statement gives me a lot of leeway, but it's a start.) And with the recently released study reinforcing the heart-healthy benefits of the Mediterranean diet (less red meat, lots more fish, veggies, fruits, nuts, and olive oil) I feel like I have a new-found impetus to keep it up.

I have plenty of company: From the families, schools, corporations, and chefs across the country who are supporting the Meatless Monday campaign, to those who've decided to embrace a vegetarian, or even vegan, diet, piling on more vegetables and grains on your plate just makes sense.
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Want to join in? To start you off, here are 5 hearty, tasty, easy meatless recipes that will help to get you on the right track, and still satisfy your family.

Sweet potatoes and lentils are a natural pairing - serve over rice and you're set for dinner

Colorful and veggie packed, this ultra-fast stew

From shabby chic vases to romantic wreaths, we've found easy crafts to help you gear up for spring.

-by Angela Kwan

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GHRI tested 17 dutch ovens to find the top potsLightweight Champ
MichelleB by Fagor 5-Quart Soup Pot With Glass Lid ($70, amazon.com). If you find it daunting to wield a huge cast-iron pot, consider this six-pounder (that's less than half the heft of most traditional casseroles). Also practical are its stay-cool silicone handles. The only drawback here: the smallish surface area for browning. Comes in red and lemon-lime, too.

Best All-Around
Mario Batali by Dansk Classic Enameled Cast Iron 6-Quart Dutch Oven ($245, amazon.com). They'll think you're a master chef, thanks to how beautifully this round pot browns ingredients and reduces sauces. Be prepared to work for it, though - this one tips the scales at 15.5 pounds. Choose the chef's trademark persimmon, cobalt,or Chianti. Bonus: a booklet of Batali's recipes.

Best Toy Awards

Great Value
Wolfgang Puck Cast Iron 7-Quart Dutch Oven ($80). Have a family of meat eaters? You'll love this generously sized, reasonably priced enamel casserole. Its oval shape perfectly accommodates

If you thought these heartthrobs were attractive in their younger days, look again. These celebs are getting sexier by the year!

-by Katie Lockhart

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